Rewrite - plot questions and answers (spoilers)

Naoki-Saten said:

- it's super annoying because it randomly prevented Kotarou and Kotori from escaping at the end of Kotori route

Tennouji_ said:


I don't remember this one... Can you enlighten me like giving me a screenshot or something?

Naoki-Saten said:

Ok. We start at the point where Kotarou, Kotori, her parents and the Key are running away from Gaia and Guardian. They left Kazamatsuri and are going through a wide field.
http://puu.sh/6Q1l6.jpg
http://puu.sh/6Q1mV.jpg
http://puu.sh/6Q1pm.jpg
There, they find a small hut where they sit down to rest. Notice that Kotarou's phone is off so he can't check his positon via Mappie. So they might already have entered the endless corridor at this point.

Anyway, they rest in the hut and Kotori laments her fate
http://puu.sh/6Q1ro.jpg
And then there's the epic parents scene
http://puu.sh/6Q1xd.jpg

So the group minus parents leaves the hut and continues running away, BUT:
http://puu.sh/6Q1Nu.jpg
http://puu.sh/6Q1PO.jpg
http://puu.sh/6Q1Rc.jpg
They arrive at the exact same hut they've been resting in earlier where the last hound attacks them and injures Kotarou -_-

I agree. The song and the pictures diverge because they tell two different stories.
The "epilogue" the song tells also summarizes the story of Rewrite - describing what was neccessary in order to find a possibility for life to continue. Thebuilding a tower and a ship is a metaphor on the character's struggle throughout the story. And then they inform you about the obvious fact that humanity is saved by relocating to a distant planet.
The pictures, however, bring a closure to the story, showing how Kotarou's wish to visit Moon Kagari comes true (Though we don't know if she ever reverts back from a flower or not).

I don't remember at what point did Kotarou start using Aurora in Terra. It doesn't neccessarily need to be a plothole. Maybe he just used his knowledge from being both a summoner and a superhuman in order to manipulate Aurora. Maybe he got the power by rewriting himself.

I mean, at the end of Terra, Kotarou begins to come apart and he sees the Aurora that made him up. He even discovers that comment made by Moon Kotarou of wanting to see Moon Kagari again.

First and foremost, the house that got blown up sure as hell was NOT theirs. As if Guardian would mistake a house where the family left for a few hours for being vacant and just do random things there. I mean, wtf?
Their actual house was still there, and Shizuru's parents continued living there after the incident.
Secondly, Guardian was not doing training there. They've been battling some kind of enemy. As you can see in this screenshot,
http://puu.sh/6Lmav.jpg
they were supposed to give chase to those enemies (who probably caused the explosion in order to escape), but the team leader (Esaka) ordered the squad to save the civilians instead while leaving the task of pursuing the enemy to the pursuit team.

Another thing... the KEY might be able to either transport people to one of those or close off certain parts of the world similarly to the endless corridor. Because one night when Kagari came for a visit, Kotarou tried to escape his room, but he couldn't open the veranda door nor could he smash the glass.

Ruben_Jb said:

As for your discussion between you and Tennouji_, I can't add much more.
But Naoki, you said this:



I can only say something about the Key be a possible cause of the endless corridor thingy. Like the loop in Kotori's route, you posted this picture:
http://puu.sh/6Q1Nu.jpg

"I shout to the heavens".
"Should I have shouted at the Earth instead?"

Why would they add the last line? I guess it implies the loop could be something done by the Earth, thus Kagari.

The strange happenings, like the loop in the hallway, Kotori route and when Kotarou wanted to escape his room but couldn't are all (but one) happening when Kagari is arround. It is confirmed that Kotarou attracted Kagari, because of them sharing the same aurora. That's why Kagari broke into Kotarou's room in the common route. If it was Kagari's doing, she could also have done the endless hallway thing, because she was nearby Kotarou at the time. Only we don't know if she was nearby...

Naoki-Saten said:
It wouldn't be too strange for her to know Kotarou's identity. After all, it is said that Akane was the one who woke him up from his comatose sleep 10 years after he attacked the key shortly after rescuing her.
So it wouldn't be strange for her to try and monitor him and keep him away from the conflict (out of gratitude). Her questionnaire sheet might have served the same purpose.

btw, which route is that from?

Naoki-Saten said:
It wouldn't be too strange for her to know Kotarou's identity. After all, it is said that Akane was the one who woke him up from his comatose sleep 10 years after he attacked the key shortly after rescuing her.
So it wouldn't be strange for her to try and monitor him and keep him away from the conflict (out of gratitude). Her questionnaire sheet might have served the same purpose.

btw, which route is that from?

Tennouji_ said:
Also, can you enlighten me about Akane is the one who awakes him from his coma?

Tennouji_ said:
And I was under the impression that Guardian are the ones who monitor Kotarou and anything else. After all, they're the ones who erased Kotarou's memories.

Tennouji_ said:
Also, can you enlighten me about Akane is the one who awakes him from his coma?

HunterTennouji said:
EDIT: About Kotarou's awakening, I checked the bad ending of Terra and there is no mention of Akane or any hint of her being involved. It merely says "I wake up in a hospital. They told me I have slept for years".

HunterTennouji said:

"A combat engineer for Guardian who uses super-vibrations to destroy objects and enhance her sword". There is no mention at all about her having telekinesis abilities, and like I said before, she never directly controlled an object. So if we limit telekinesis to "direct control over objects without physical contact", then no, she doesn't possess telekinesis. She is merely creative with her powers.

Naoki-Saten said:

If I remember correctly, the guy who said Akane was the one to awaken Kotarou said it was mentioned somewhere at the beginning of Moon.

Playcool said:
Hello.
So far I still need to finish Akane route and then moon and terra's.
Yesterday I completed Lucia's route (IMO the best one in Rewrite), and there is one thing bothering my about Lucia's route... in the end does she knows that Kotarou altered his body just to be with her?? I remenber shizuru VS lucia, she tells lucia kotarou done this...but never again I remenber lucia mentioning or being aware of this, did I miss something?!

Playcool said:
He said that?! I have seen it again, I didnt found anything about it. As a matter of fact after that scene, in the hospital, Lucia and everyone else are all surprised and amazed, stating that they didnt think anyway born into this world could naturally suport her poison! And later on after Lucia turns into a bomb and her poison spreads across kazamatsuri, when shizhuru and sensei come to pick up Kotarou, he finally tells them, much for their surprised, that he has the power to Rewrite is body and he done it for Lucia, so up to this point this was unkwnown for them, and later when shizuru tellls lucia this, I dont see any reactiong from it, and never more again anyway talks about this, it is like Lucia doesnt know it at all (didnt believed in shizuru), and that is sad, cuz it was just a great change kotarou done to himself for her, and she isnt even aware of this, she just thinks he was born with this resistence to hers poison...

Update:
I have seen again Lucia VS Shizuru, Lucia is enraged because she doesnt know what meaning her life has, and she does all that crazy stuff... then shizuru tells her that kotarou changed his body to acept her, that it wasnt a miracle he was born with, she doesnt believes it, but shizuru continues onto this, and after that, lucia becames speechless, eventually saying she doesnt need his sympathy... still it is sad this topic wasnt brought by lucia later on with kotarou, but she at least is aware of its existence.

HunterTennouji said:
I was thinking (again), what purpose did Midou and his group have? I do remember them being some kind of extremists in Gaia but it doesn't really explain what they were trying to do.

HunterTennouji said:
I was thinking (again), what purpose did Midou and his group have? I do remember them being some kind of extremists in Gaia but it doesn't really explain what they were trying to do.

Naoki-Saten said:
If I had to guess, I'd say that Tonokawa only had the info that 'There are two factions within Gaia', and didn't have any details on that. That's why they seem different in Chihaya's and Akane's routes.

HunterTennouji said:
While I can see Suzaki employing Midou and co. for their purposes, the view of Suzaki's faction is horribly biased in Chihaya's faction.

HunterTennouji said:
At first I thought it was a different faction entirely, since Akane beat them in Chihaya's route, something she had great difficulty with in her own route.

Tennouji_ said:


Explain further. I can only see Suzaki ordered Midou, Tenjin, and Tenma to search the Key and nothing more. Whatever actions on they'll make besides finding the Key are just their desires(Killing people, etc), in which Suzaki has nothing to do with their desires.

So Suzaki wanting to capture the Key and that means he'll order his summoners to find her on Akane's route and Terra is no different on Chihaya's route.

Tennouji_ said:


That's because, on Akane's route, Kotarou gets involved on their political problems so things get easily complicated. That's just simple.

It's like how Shizuru easily managed to fix Chihaya and Lucia's friendship(If you're not aiming Lucia's route) while the case is different if Kotarou is the one who tries it(If you're aiming Lucia's route).

HunterTennouji said:

I don't argue with the fact that they went rogue. In fact, Suzaki ordering a powerful group of summoners is plausible since most summoners on his side aren't that powerful. However, both Akane and Sakuya calls his faction 'extremists', which carries the connotation that they desperately wish to fulfill Gaia's ambitions, which should instead be applied to Kashima Sakura. I remember Sakuya and Kotarou discussing at length about this (something about lunch lady) but I couldn't find the particular scene.

HunterTennouji said:

It's different between conflict between friends and political power games. In Chihaya's route, Akane secured the Key early by some means while in her own, Kotarou does it. The difference I see is that Guardian meddled in the latter route by killing the Key. However, I see no factor in either route that would had adversely affected Suzaki's standing.

HunterTennouji said:

Simplest explaination would be that Tonokawa merely glossed over Suzaki's faction since they weren't the central antagonists.

Tennouji_ said:
Gaia's ambition is to revitalize the world but they have different ways on how do they revitalize it. And by that, that means both factions are so-called "extremists" in the first place. Also, I don't think they really mean the term extremists "literally" or it's the translation's fault. Anyway, on my part, I never took the term they used, which is extremists, seriously and I think some or most people didn't too.

Tennouji_ said:

Seems you don't get it. Also, Akane has the brain so it's no wonder to me that she found the Key easily and Rewrite is already about full of possibilities to begin with(I'm referring to the Key and her actions, whereabouts, etc) so Akane bet that the Key must be hiding on the part of the forest which is filled of barriers made by Kotori. If you're going to argue about this, then please explain about about how come the Key isn't on Kotori's hideout on Akane's route(Remember that Kotori's route is also written by Tanaka) and not only Akane's route but the rest of the routes too. And none of Kotarou's or Akane's(Or whoever or whatever you're referring to) actions on either of the routes affect Suzaki's standing so I don't know what are you talking about and besides, I was referring to Akane and not Suzaki in the first place.

Tennouji_ said:


Are you sure that isn't a baseless assumption?

HunterTennouji said:

Gaia's goal is to let the Earth pass judgement on humanity, which, in many of the routes, will be the extinction of humanity to let another intelligent lifeform evolve. However, Suzaki wishes to capture the Key, use it as a leverage to force the world's powers to undergo change, thereby ensuring humanity's continued survival. There is no indication that either Gaia or Guardian knew that the Key actually wanted to save the humans. So why would Suzaki be called extremist if he defies the will of the planet, which is Gaia's purpose?

HunterTennouji said:

I am not sure what you are getting at here. Are you saying that the Key was not in Kotori's hideout in Akane's route but she did in the rest? Kotarou found the Key when he was wandering around in the city and then pursued her. The Key does have a habit of wandering carelessly, believing that no one will detect her and no one can harm her.

HunterTennouji said:

Yes, it is, hence why I said it's the simplest explanation. As I said before, Rewrite is disjointed and it wouldn't surprise me if they did shove Suzaki aside. They did so with every other heroine (even Chihaya) besides Akane in her route.

Just to review: My "problem" is that A) Suzaki's faction (if it's Suzaki) is called extremists and B) Suzaki's faction is taken down easily when thet are a major problem otherwise.

HunterTennouji said:
B) Suzaki's faction is taken down easily when thet are a major problem otherwise.

Tennouji_ said:


And why you should take Akane(Or is she really the one who calls her that way?) calling him extremist seriously? There are lots of possibilities like she might be brainwashing Kotarou by making him to think that he's on the better side of Gaia. Like I said, I never take it seriously since I figured that she might be brainwashing him, just being sarcastic, etc. Another possible thing is that's just Akane and her faction's point of view so that's why she calls Suzaki and his faction extremists. Suzaki wants absolute power by using the Key after all and that makes both factions of Gaia are extremists on anyone's perspective.

Tennouji_ said:


A) I've stated on the first paragraph.
B) Like I said once again, it's plausible that Kotarou didn't interfere on Gaia's political problem so she had less problems to worry about unlike when Kotarou did interfere(By being Akane's side) and he went deeper so Akane got more problems to worry than what she expected when dealing with Suzaki. If you want some example, try to remember about Suzaki's complaint on Akane hiring Kotarou and what happens afterwards, especially when they go on an argument, Suzaki will always talk about her hiring her lover on every argument since Suzaki never accepted Kotarou until salvation. I believe anyone, even you, can see that.

Tennouji_ said:
To be honest, saying Rewrite is disjointed so it wouldn't surprise you yet you ask some questions which those lead to your problem is like you're contradicting yourself.

Besides, even Rewrite is disjointed because just because of different authors, I still tried my best to find some reasons and possibilities that there's an explanation behind and not just plot-holes or some sort of contradiction like what I did on explaining Aurora flame recently.

And honestly, this Midou whatever faction he belonged is just a small issue to care about. Even Suzaki calling extremist and easily get brought down on Chihaya's route.

Tennouji_ said:
And honestly, this Midou whatever faction he belonged is just a small issue to care about. Even Suzaki calling extremist and easily get brought down on Chihaya's route.

MrNTR said:
Moon Kagari's existence is very confusing. We're told that numerous Key's has appeared throughout history and each one looks different from the last but Moon Kagari looks exactly like the current Key. Does this mean that when the Earth Key is born or dies, the Moon one does as well and this is why the two will always look the same? But it is suggested that Moon Kagari exist outside of time and space and has been continuously researching for bagillions of years. Does this mean that her appearance depends on who is perceiving her? Or does it have something to do with the current Terra Kagari being the final Key and therefor she takes on the final Key's form? Lastly, if she exist outside of space and time then does she even live on the moon?

1. In Chihaya's route Sakuya said he wouldn't be able to stick around forever and had to disappear eventually, and he does. What makes "Pochi" at the end of Terra any different? He's the same as Sakuya at that point.

2. When did Kotarou have the time to confess to Kotori if he was in a coma for so long. Did he wake up when Kotori was in middle-school and they went together? If so why was he still weak in high-school enough to be given special treatment?

Naoki-Saten said:
I have received some questions via messages, but I figured I might as well use them to liven up the forum a bit, since now is a good time to do so, so I'll answer them here instead.

Naoki-Saten said:
So when he started acting like Kotori was "just a classmate", everyone assumed it's because of his brain injury, while it was probably due to a "command" by Kotori.

itachirulz said:
Idk man Moon is one big pile of what for me. The earth is literally dead and somehow Kashima summons legions of familiars through space and time?

itachirulz said:
Why did Kotarou lose not only his ability to rewrite, but also every rewrite he did before after Kagari is killed by Shizuru and he breaks the remaining contract with Kotori? This doesn't happen in any other route with Lucia's being the clearest example. At first I thought it was because that's how he got his powers in the first place (via Kagari's ribbon/contract with Kotori), but Terra taught me otherwise.

Also, I'll take the obvious "that's how closed space works bro" answer, but I'll ask anyway in case there's one that makes more sense. Why does he lose his powers while in the city of stone at the end of Akane's route?

itachirulz said:
I read your explanation to how Sakuya got to the Moon and I can't say I'm convinced.

itachirulz said:
While we don't see him physically in Terra (and he's not by Chihaya's side as shown near the end), he does have a talk with Kotarou when he tries to rewrite himself the very last time with his last ounce of his life. So he's not completely gone?